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8.4 magnitude earthquake triggers tsunami in Indonesia mongabay.com September 12, 2007
A 3-foot tsunami was recorded in Padang, on the island of Sumatra, several hundred miles northeast of the epicenter, according to Suhardjono, an official with Indonesia's meteorological agency, reports the Associated Press. Initial reports suggest seven people were killed and more than 200 were injured. In December 2004, a quake off Sumatra triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people, including 160,000 people in Indonesia's province of Aceh. That quake was nearly 10 times as powerful as Wednesday's quake. The city of Yogyakarta was hit by a powerful quake that killed more than 5,700 just over a year ago.
The Indian government issued a tsunami alert for the Andaman and Nicobar islands, which were hard hit by the 2004 tsunami. Kenya, Tanzania, Thailand, and the Seychelles also issued tsunami warnings. The Indonesian government lifted its tsunami warning two hours after the Wednesday tremor. Update: A second powerful quake struck 125 miles from Bengkulu at 6:49 am local time on September 13. The 7.8 magnitude quake was centered at a depth of 6 miles and Indonesia issued a third tsunami warning. wire Comments? News options News index | RSS | News Feed Advertisements: Organic Apparel from Patagonia | Insect-repelling clothing |
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